On 23 May 96 at 17:20, Fred Atkinson wrote: Perhaps we should all put our heads together on this one as I had a request from the same guy to subscribe to my list RP-BUSINESS which deals with Philippine business matters bit far from the Ukraine. I *have* subscribed him but as I run a moderated list I can keep my eyes on possible *strange* postings. Wayne Johns > This is the second time I've gotten a request from this address for a > subscription to my list. It looked very suspicious ('root' is generally to do > with the server) so I sent an email to that address requesting confirmation > that this address wanted to subscribe to my list. > > I never received an answer and yet I am getting another request from > him. I suspect that this may be some sort of prank. Any ideas? The request > follows. > > > > Fred > > > > Thu, 23 May 1996 11:11:02 > > A request for subscription to the MISHMASH list (Good Talk!) has been > received from "Andrew V. Rybin" <[log in to unmask]>. > > You can, at your discretion, send the following command to > [log in to unmask] to add this person to the list: > > ADD MISHMASH [log in to unmask] Andrew V. Rybin > > PS: In order to facilitate the task, this message has been specially > formatted so that you only need to forward it back to > [log in to unmask] and fill in the password to have the command > executed. Note that while the formats produced by the forwarding function of > most mail packages are supported, replying will seldom work, so make sure to > forward and not reply. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- // > JOB PW=XXXXXXXX ADD MISHMASH [log in to unmask] Andrew V. Rybin // EOJ > > > > q----------------------------Fred Atkinson-----------------------------p > }Graduate Student/Johns Hopkins Univ./Telecommunications Management{ > }B.S. National Louis University/Management{ > }A.S. Midlands Technical College/Electronics Engineering Technology{ > > }Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator/WB4AEJ{ > }Licensed General Class Commercial Radiotelephone Technician{ > }N.A.R.T.E. Certified First Class Telecommunications Technician{ > > }Second Degree Blackbelt/Tae Kwon Do{ > > }Home Page: http://www.wp.com/fatkinson{ > [log in to unmask] >